Originally, 2 or 3 apartments per floor were arranged around 11 staircases. By reducing the staircases to 6 and removing the associated corridors. It has allowed for the extension and rearrangment of the apartments. Outdoor spaces have been formed by removing alternating sections of the 3rd and 4th floorplates, creating large outdoor terrace spaces.

On the floors below, wide, continious balconies provide quality outside spaces for the flats. The ground floor accomodation comprises of 10 “Townhouses” each with seperate entrances and private gardens providing approx 135m2 of accomodation over 2 floors. The gardens are assigend directly to the homes and defined by a continous ground level plinth. From the previous 125 flats, a total 18 floor type plans provide 81 apartments.

* Location to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address. Cite:
"Oleanderweg / Stefan Forster Architekten" 28 Aug 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed 03 Mar 2015. <http://www.archdaily.com/?p=74974>

http://www.archialternative.com Albert

Fantastic project. Former Eastern Block countries (incl. East. Europe & post-USSR states) should learn from this intelligent conversion. German quality and German smart professional approach in it’s very best.

lucjan

sam sie naucz!

voisin de ville

generous project for social housing.

The parkings at the streetfront of the building have desapeared. Where do inhabitants park cars now ?

Scott

Great project. It would be interesting to see the existing floor plans and sections to see how the stairs and circulation were resolved to increase space.